RICHMOND, Va. — Bryce Eldridge doesn’t know how he got so lucky. The Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels, the San Francisco Giants’ only minor-league affiliate on the East Coast, play roughly ...

Richmond’s Bryce Eldridge, a 6-7 first baseman from Vienna who’s 20, considered being a two-way player but picked hitting and has become the top prospect in the San Francisco Giants’ system.

Eldridge is the best first base prospect in baseball. To earn that title, you have to rake and show the potential to be one of the top hitters on the planet. The 6-foot-7, 240-pound, lefty ...